Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Again, I do not know whether the Deputy has spoken to the company, but we would certainly support the retention of the plant operatives and technicians. We cannot dictate to companies in terms of their employment operations or how they decide to do things, but there are the employment and labour mechanisms, be it the Workplace Relations Commission or otherwise, to try to resolve any issues. In the first instance, the Deputy is asking the company to reflect on and reverse its policy of outsourcing, as opposed to having in-house plant operatives, if I take the point correctly. Again, these are matters on which the company and the unions concerned will have to engage.

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